Matthieu Bertillon

Matthieu Bertillon (12 June 1913-21 January 2000) was a member of the military junta that ruled Haiti from 1950.

Biography
Matthieu Bertillon was born on 12 June 1913 in Carrefour, Haiti. Bertillon was a non-commissioned officer in the Haitian Army when he was arrested for his plans to take part in a coup against the pro-Soviet government in 1949. Sentenced to death, he escaped from prison and joined forces with Daniel Guay and Francois Durce, and he helped them in seizing power from the USSR-leaning government in December 1950. Bertillon became a member of the ruling junta and was promoted to Colonel, and he used the Haitian Army to put down agrarian worker riots and to crush all pro-Soviet movements within Haiti. After the junta was overthrown, Bertillon went into exile in the United States, where he died in 2000.